Leadership

AltPep is a spinout from Dr. Daggett’s University of Washington Lab in the Department of Bioengineering in the School of Medicine and College of Engineering. She has 30+ years research experience focused on protein folding, misfolding and disease. Dr. Daggett’s lab developed methods for simulations of protein conformational changes, performed the first such studies in the amyloid field and in so doing discovered the novel protein structure associated with toxicity that forms the basis of AltPep’s platform. Dr. Daggett holds a BA from Reed College, PhD from the University of California, San Francisco, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University.

Patrik has extensive background in Intellectual Property transactions having closed over 200 deals as head of Siembra Law and Consulting LLC. He also founded of two technology startups, including Ansel Communications, the fastest growing private Washington company in 1996.

Chuck previously held executive and managerial roles in tech companies such as Dell Computer and Silicon Graphics, and was part of the executive team that turned around Safeco Corporation. In recent years he’s invested, advised, and served as CFO in startup companies before joining AltPep.

Dr. Block has 33 years of experience in the pharma/biotech fields leading clinical development of drugs for a broad range of neurological indications, including Alzheimer’s Disease. He was at Merck for 14 years as Senior Director and Head of Clinical Neuropharmacology. Later he was the Executive Director, US Drug Development/Global Medicine & Science, at AstraZeneca. He has expertise ranging from preclinical and clinical translation, clinic development in all phases, to marketing approval.